What are the real effects of rising tuition on students and families?
Roland T. Rust of the Washington Post reports.
The real effects of rising college tuition
The Jan. 31 front-page article “Once-modest tuition rates soar at public universities” noted that state universities have raised tuition to offset cuts in state funding, and it...
This is a must watch if you’re concerned about increasing first amendment limitations in higher education:
The National Constitution Center released the following video Tuesday:
The growth of the Internet has made it ever harder to distinguish public from private, news from titillation,...
You can never start planning too early. Especially, considering the cost these days.
Laura Pappano of the New York Times writes.
Is Your First Grader College Ready?
What is college? To Madison Comer, a confident 6-year-old, it is a very big place. “It’s tall,” she explained, outlining the head of Tuffy, the North Carolina...
Governor Scott Walker strikes again. Pun intended.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Left Losing Wisconsin’s Teacher’s Unions
It’s getting harder and harder to find left-wing activists, even in public school unions in progressive Wisconsin. “In 2011, in the wake of the largest workers uprising in recent U. S. history, I was...
I would do this. It’s probably better than the in flight movie.
Kim Clark of Time reported.
These Airlines are Offering In-Flight College Classes
Just because you’re on an airplane doesn’t mean your head has to be in the clouds.
In addition to the usual fare of straight-to-DVD movies that will certainly rot your brain,...
Syracuse has banned itself from tournaments and ended post season hopes. Fox Sports reports.
Understanding Syracuse’s Self-Imposed Ban
University announced Wednesday that it has self-imposed a ban on its men’s basketball program for this postseason.
The ban includes the ACC tournament, NCAA tournament and NIT.The university announced it had previously notified...
This is the sort of thing most people probably assumed was frowned on long before now.
Susan Svrluga of the Washington Post reports.
Harvard formally bans sexual relationships between professors and undergrads
Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences now formally bans sexual relationships between professors and undergraduate students.
That’s not because they think there’s...
To vaccinate or not to vaccinate is a debate that’s taking up a lot of bandwidth these days.
Jacoba Urist writes at The Atlantic:
How Schools Are Dealing With Anti-Vaccine Parents
The debates over vaccinations are often cast as arguments over the integrity of science. But they can just as easily be understood as...
Gosh. I wonder why the Obama administration felt compelled to hide this information?
Michael Grunwald of Politico reports.
The College Loan Bombshell Hidden in the Budget
In obscure data tables buried deep in its 2016 budget proposal, the Obama administration revealed this week that its student loan program had a $21.8 billion shortfall last...
A tenured professor might be out of a job if Marquette University has their way.
Robby Soave writes at Reason:
Marquette University Trying to Fire Prof for Criticizing Pro-Gay Instructor
Marquette University is moving forward with its plan to fire a tenured professor over his criticisms of an instructor who wouldn’t let any of...
Not only were conservative and libertarian student groups not invited to the event, they weren’t even told about it.
Way to be inclusive, UNC.
Michael Cipriano of the College Fix reports.
Republicans, pro-lifers, libertarians shunned from university’s ‘diversity’ event
The leadership at UNC-Chapel Hill has made it clear that it supports diversity on its campus...
The college lied to have its ranking improved and the Princeton Review responded with punishment.
‘Princeton Review’ strips college of ranking for first time ever
The Princeton Review for the first time stripped a college of its rankings Monday after learning that the University of Missouri-Kansas City knowingly submitted false data.
The company first...
Governor Walker is seemingly fearless when it comes to decisions that will enrage his critics on the left.
No wonder he’s so popular among conservatives.
Monica Davey of the New York Times reports.
Walker’s Wisconsin Budget Has a National Message
Gov. Scott Walker, a possible contender for the Republican presidential nomination, on Tuesday proposed a...
The long battle between the first amendment and university speech zones wages on.
Katherine Sweet writes at Alabama.com:
University of South Alabama speech zones are unconstitutional: guest opinion
Over a year ago, the club I had just founded, Students for Life USA at University of South Alabama, requested permission to a hold a “Cemetery...
Is this professor suggesting that Obama is somehow powerless? I think he would disagree.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
Professor: ‘We may have a black president, but it’s white people running the show’
Three sociology professors have offered a spirited defense of Arizona State University’s controversial new “The Problem of Whiteness” course...
First it was Swastikas on a Jewish fraternity, but it has gone further than that.
It’s not a good time to be a Jewish student at UC Davis.
Adam Kredo reports from the Washington Free Beacon.
Hamas On Campus
Anti-Israel activists at the University of California, Davis heckled Jewish students and shouted “Allahhu Akbar” at...
The young woman profiled in this story is named “Rocko.” I can’t help but wonder if that was her given name at birth.
Julie Scelfo of the New York Times reports.
A University Recognizes a Third Gender: Neutral
Rocko Gieselman looked like any other undergraduate at the University of Vermont but perhaps a little...
There’s a lot of buzz about Scott Walker as a viable, possibly dark horse presidential contender for 2016. But what are his views on higher education?
Peter Augustine Lawler writes at National Review Online:
Scott Walker, Mad Men, and Higher Education
So my reservations about Scott Walker as presidential candidate have to do with...
Leftists on campus have found something new to demand divestment from. Luckily, Boston University had more sense.
Inside Higher Ed reported.
Boston U. Won’t Divest From Gun Companies
The board of Boston University announced Monday that it has rejected a proposal from a campus group that the university sell investments in companies that produce...
Remember Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia student who’s carrying her mattress around as long as her alleged rapist is allowed to remain on campus?
Her alleged rapist is speaking out.
We reported at Legal Insurrection:
Columbia student fights back amidst rape allegations
Remember Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia student who’s carrying...
In a new video from Prager University, Professor Haroon Ullah of Georgetown examines the issue of freedom vs. Sharia using the nation of Pakistan as an example.
Watch below.
Here’s more information.
Course Description
Pakistan is the world’s fifth largest democracy. It is also deeply influenced by Islamic law (Sharia). Can these two traditions, Western...
The University of Manitoba’s student paper chose to publish the photo with Mohammad along with a message to defend free speech from radical Islam. Tufts didn’t get it. Greg Piper from College Fix reported.
Canadian student paper publishes Mohammad, Tufts calls satire ‘dangerous’
Much like plutonium in a DeLorean, the Charlie Hebdo massacre...
